[PATCH v3] PCI: of_property: Omit bus properties without a subordinate bus

From: Bjorn Helgaas

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 16:00:28 EST


Author: Angel J <iamanaws@xxxxxxxxx>

PCI: of_property: Omit bus properties without a subordinate bus

A bridge (a device with a Type 1 header) may not have a secondary bus
allocated (pdev->subordinate), e.g., if there are no available bus numbers
or the bridge secondary/subordinate bus numbers are not writable.

The dynamic OF helpers of_pci_prop_bus_range() and of_pci_prop_intr_map()
dereference pdev->subordinate without checking it. When
CONFIG_PCI_DYNAMIC_OF_NODES is enabled, this can cause a NULL pointer
dereference and early boot hang.

Generate 'bus-range' and 'interrupt-map' properties only when a subordinate
bus exists. Keep the node and its remaining properties for bridges without
one.

The problem was latent since 407d1a51921e ("PCI: Create device tree node
for bridge"), but wasn't reachable until 1f340724419e ("PCI: of: Create
device tree PCI host bridge node"), which appeared in v6.15. Before
1f340724419e, of_pci_make_dev_node() returned early because the parent OF
node was missing.

Fixes: 407d1a51921e ("PCI: Create device tree node for bridge")
Signed-off-by: Angel J <iamanaws@xxxxxxxxx>
[bhelgaas: move pdev->subordinate test to callees, commit log]
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.6+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260912043106.10715-1-iamanaws@xxxxxxxxx
---
Changes in v3:
- Move pdev->subordinate tests to of_pci_prop_bus_range() and
of_pci_prop_intr_map()

Changes in v2
(https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260912043106.10715-1-iamanaws@xxxxxxxxx):
- Keep the dynamic OF node and skip only bus-range and interrupt-map
when no subordinate bus exists, following review of v1.
- Tested on Linux 6.18.44 with the v1 guard removed.

v1
(https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260911230420.26244-1-iamanaws@xxxxxxxxx)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/of_property.c b/drivers/pci/of_property.c
index 75a358f73e69..1500740cc55d 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/of_property.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/of_property.c
@@ -95,9 +95,13 @@ static int of_pci_prop_bus_range(struct pci_dev *pdev,
struct of_changeset *ocs,
struct device_node *np)
{
- u32 bus_range[] = { pdev->subordinate->busn_res.start,
- pdev->subordinate->busn_res.end };
+ u32 bus_range[2];

+ if (!pdev->subordinate)
+ return 0;
+
+ bus_range[0] = pdev->subordinate->busn_res.start;
+ bus_range[1] = pdev->subordinate->busn_res.end;
return of_changeset_add_prop_u32_array(ocs, np, "bus-range", bus_range,
ARRAY_SIZE(bus_range));
}
@@ -220,6 +224,9 @@ static int of_pci_prop_intr_map(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct of_changeset *ocs,
int ret;
u8 pin;

+ if (!pdev->subordinate)
+ return 0;
+
pnode = pci_device_to_OF_node(pdev->bus->self);
if (!pnode)
pnode = pci_bus_to_OF_node(pdev->bus);